Internationalization Efforts at the University of Danang: Lessons and Challenges

The University of Danang, a prominent institution in Vietnam, is working towards internationalization by enhancing management systems, training programs, and research initiatives. The university aims to become the Vietnam National University, Danang, as per recent government directives. Affiliated members and various degree programs contribute to its diverse academic offerings.

• University of Danang
• Internationalization
• Vietnam National University
• Affiliated Members
• Higher Education

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1. THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG (UD) Internationalization - Successful lessons and challenges at the University of Danang,Vietnam 23/03/2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quang Son, Vice President MA. Ho Long Ngoc, Vice Director, Department of International Cooperation

2. THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG -The University of Danang is one of the three regional universities of Vietnam. - The largest multi-level, multi-disciplinary university in the central area and Western Highlands of Vietnam - The Vietnamese Government Office has just issued Official Letters dated January 18, 2022 relating to developing the University of Danang (UD) into the Vietnam National University (VNU), Danang in the coming time.

3. The University of Danang has affiliated members: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & EDUCATION VIETNAM KOREA UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UD CAMPUS IN KONTUM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY VIETNAM-UK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

4. UD grants degrees and certificates in all levels 31 45 139 Doctoral programs Master programs Bachelor programs 4

5. Various dimensions of internationalization at UD Internationalisation in Management and Administration Internationalisation in Training, Education, Accreditation Internationalisation in Research, Projects

6. Internationalization in Management and Administration - Through international cooperation and interaction in education and research, management and administration system has been sharply improved - Capacity building in management - The supports of leadership for internationalization in various dimensions : training, research, quality assurance etc

7. Internationalization in Administration and Management Clear objectives to enhance education and research, continuously expand partnerships, networks 7

8. The University of Danang virtually signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Queensland, Australia 8

9. Internationalization via Network meetings, Alumnis, Intercultural partnerships President of the University of Danang (UD) hosted the meeting with Prof. Jean-Marc Lavest (Director of the Asia Pacific Region, Francophonie University Association AUF The 17thASEAN European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET) Plenary Meeting took place at the University of Da Nang 9

10. Meetings with EU Ambassador and Member States Ambassadors to constantly strengthen and nurture the relationship and intensive cooperation for sustainable development between UD and international partners, positively contributing to the integration process to the world higher education. 10

11. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING/AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPEAN PARTNERS European partners European partners 9 France 2 Italy 1 Belgium 3 Norway 4 Czech Republic 1 Portugal 11 The UK 3 Russia 3 Finland 2 Spain 5 Germany 2 Rumani

12. Internationalization in Training and Education Articulation programs Dual/Joint programs Advanced/High-quality programs 12

13. Internationalization in Training and Education UD-VNUK cooperated with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) recently launched a joint MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program to help students in Vietnam access the UK s prestigious education system.

14. UD has more than 30 training programs accredited to achieve international standard (CTI of Europe, and AUN-QA of Southeast Asia), ranked 03rd in the whole country in terms of number of accredited training programs

15. Internationalization in Training and Education:

16. Development and adoption of educational programs and curriculum materials LEVEL AND FORM OF TRAINING ORGANIZATION MAJOR PARTNER Lyc e Louis Legrand Paris University, France Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan University of the South - Toulon - Var, France University of the South - Toulon - Var, France University of Washington, Seattle, United States Portland State University, Oregon, United States Industry Informatics Undergraduate Civil Engineering Undergraduate Chemical Technology Undergraduate UINVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Information Technology Undergraduate Advanced program: Digital System Advanced program: Embedded System Undergraduate Undergraduate Advanced training programs are properly designed on the basis of the curricula currently used at prestigious universities in the world, including content, teaching method, organization and training management processes and are taught in English 16

17. IBM (International Business and Management) at UD-VNUK is consulted by top 30 UK, Aston University, who are recognized worldwide for this business programs. The VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education (VNUK), UD signed a cooperation agreement with the British Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). 17

18. Development and adoption of educational programs and curriculum materials EXAMPLE OF SOME SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER PROGRAMS AT UD-DUE 18

19. Number of International students: more than 600 students from Laos, Korea, French, UK, Japan, Russia, Germany, U.S.A . 19

20. Internationalisation in Research and Projects Research - Higher-quality research: more ISI papers - Increased international scientific workshop/conference - Increased cooperation and contacts with international industries - Exchange of students for graduate theses or staffs for research project leading to capacity building enhancement

21. Better performance in international publications year by year. The number of WoS/Scopus journal articles of UD in 2021 is about 520 (an increase of about 15% compared to the previous year, the University of Science and Technology alone increased 40%, the University of Education increased by 29%). Scientific publications contribute to bringing the University of Economics to the top 6 according to the ranking of economic research institutions (RePEc) of Vietnam. The Journal of Science and Technology of UD has been included in the list of citations in Southeast Asia (ASEAN Citation Index).

22. The Da Nang International Institute of Technology (DNIIT) was established thanks to the fruitful cooperation of the University of Danang, the Universit C te d'Azur Initiative of Excellence (IDEX) and the Francophone University Agency (AUF). DNIIT is an international collaborative platform that drives project-teams which extending to innovation and training activities. It is therefore a question of proposing a new type of international collaboration with a view to building true thematic ecosystems focused on solving societal problems

23. Team-Projects ECARE: Big Data and E-health Applications Equipe-Projets EMOTICA: Emotion Capture Equipe-Projets MAVAK: aimed at further exploiting this research work, by extending the operation of the already existing IoT platform on various application, making the device suitable for smart-city, smart-farming or e-health applications. To this end, three main activities will be carried on: the modification of the antenna, the variation of the shape of the device to better fit with application and the use of various energy harvesting systems (thermo-electric generator, mechanical or solar cell) Equipe-Projets POSCA: Pollution Scanning Equipe-Projets SLEGO: Specific domain Language for Experience Global Orchestration Students of Uni of C te D Azur defensed their thesis proposal at UD

24. International scientific workshop/conference 2021: 27 international conference were held in spite of negative affect of Covid 19 pandemic 12th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence Conference at UD-VKU

25. FUJIKIN and UD- DUT signed cooperation agreement of "Fujikin Danang R&D Center" Project, built in Da Nang Hi-Tech Park within the witness of the Prime Ministers of the Japan and Vietnam. FUJIKIN will cooperate with UD-DUT to strengthen the research and training excellent human resources for advanced technology development such as: - Different type of of robots (including unmanned aerial vehicle) - Next generation high technology medical equipment - Hydrogen energy - New technology by using LED - New information and communication technology - Smart city, nano-material, most advanced material

26. ERASMUS+ KA1: INTERNATIONAL CREDIT MOBILITY 1 2 FRANCE ROMANIA Universit C te d'Azur (2017-2020) - Outgoing + 02 Staff + 01 PhD student Politehnica University of Bucharest(2017-2019) - Outgoing: + 02 Staff + 01 PhD student - Incoming: + 02 Staff Universitatea Babe -Bolyai (2017 2022) -Outgoing: + 05 Staff + 4 students Universit Nice Sophia Antipolis (2014 2020) - Outgoing: + 14 Staff + 11 PhD student + 03 Master student + 05 Bachelor student - Incoming: + 03 Staff + 05 PhD student + 05 Master student + 12 Bachelor student 3 HUNGARY buda University (2016 2021) - Outgoing + 10 Staff + 08 PhD and Master Staff - Incoming + 06 Staff + 02 Bachelor Student Universit polytechnique des Hauts-de-France (2017 2019) - Outgoing: + 08 Staff + 01 PhD Student + 01 Bachelor Student - Incoming + 06 Staff

27. ERASMUS+ KA1: INTERNATIONAL CREDIT MOBILITY 4 SPAIN POLAND 6 Universitat Polit cnica de Val ncia (2014-2021) - Outgoing + 06 Staff - Incoming + 02 Staff University of Warsaw (2017-2019) - Outgoing + 01 Staff WSB University (2016 2022) - Outgoing + 05 Staff - Incoming: + 01 Staff GERMANY 5 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit t M nchen (2017 2019) - Outgoing + 02 PhD student Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (2017 2019) - Outgoing: + 02 Staff + 19 Bachelor student - Incoming: + 02 staff

28. ERASMUS+ KA2: CAPACITY BUILDING HUB4GROWTH (Heightening University-Business partnerships FOR smart and sustainable GROWTH in Asia) - Coordinator: The University of Danang - Participating Institutions: 12 - Funding: 743,129 Euro - Duration: 2015 - 2018 1 HR4ASIA (Strategic Human Resources Management for Southeast Asian Universities ) - Coordinator: The University of Danang - Participating Institutions: 12 - Funding: 810,985 Euro - Duration: 2016 - 2019 2 V2WORK (Strengthening the Vietnamese Higher Education System to improve graduates employability and entrepreneurship skills) - Coordinator: University of Alicante - Spain - Participating Institutions: 14 - Funding: 976,309.50 Euro - Duration: 2017 - 2020 3

29. ERASMUS+ KA2: CAPACITY BUILDING MONTUS - Master On New Technologies Using Services: BigData/CloudComputing for Environmental Data - Coordinating Institution : Universite de Toulouse II - France - Participating Institutions: 7 - Funding: 1,000,000 Euro - Duration: 2018 - 2021 4 SAUNAC - Sustainability Alliance of Urban Networks in Asian Cities - Coordinating Institution : Turku University of Applied Sciences - Finland - Participating Institutions: 12 - Funding: 61,600 Euro (for The University of Danang) - Duration: 2016 - 2019 5 6 EMVITET - Empowering Vietnamese VET Teachers for Transformation towards Education 4.0 - Coordinating Institution : Hameen Ammaaikorkeakoulu Oy - Finland - Participating Institutions: 08 - Funding: 815,782 Euro - Duration: 2018 - 2021

30. ERASMUS+ KA2: CAPACITY BUILDING MESFIA - Mastering energy supply focusing on isolated areas - Coordinating Institution: Technological Educational Institute of Crete - Greece - Participating Institutions: 11 - Funding: 951,297 Euro - Duration: 2018 2021 7 8 MOMA Research-based curriculum development in molecular and materials sciences - Coordinating Institution: The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium - Participating Institutions: 07 - Funding: 999,695 Euro - Duration: 2019 2022 V2WORK: Study visit at Coimbra, Portugal HUB4GROWTH: International Conference at Danang HR4ASIA: International Conference in Quy Nhon

31. ERASMUS+ KA2: CAPACITY BUILDING ICTentr - Supporting Entrepreneurial Development in the Field of IT in Vietnamese HEIs - Coordinating Institution: University of Turku - Participating Institutions: 5 - Duration: 2015 2018 9

32. Other projects IPP project Objectives: Development of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Danang city Sponsorship: Innovation Partner Program of Finland Vietnam Results: Establishing CIT incubator Lotus Hub Entrepreneurship training: Curriculum, materials, 16 pilot courses Promoting and inspiring innovation and entrepreneurship: 27 Startup projects incubated, Network of 80 experts (trainers, mentors ) and 20 Organization partners Events, information dissemination: 18 events motivating and inspiring for startups, 02 Startup clubs

33. OTHER ACTIVITIES ICTEDU project Enhance the quality of higher education of ICT in Vietnam Partners: Turku (Finland)

34. Challeges and suggestions 1. UD is a pubic university and its funding allocation by the government is low leading to inadequate capacity, resources 2. Internationalization of UD has been impeded by The COVID-19 pandemic leading to physical movement of students, staff has all been seriously affected 3. Some responsive policy and regulation have not kept up timely with the real context to foster the best practices in the management and administrative system 4. English proficiency of staff and students in some areas is not good as required 5. Number of in-bound and out-bound International students and staff is still limited 6. Some programs such as Advanced programs which reflects features of curriculum transposition rather than curriculum internationalization. 7. Financial difficulties of students in Central Region of Vietnam is not as good as the North and the South region

35. Challeges and suggestion 1. Acknowledge that internationalization is not only to improve the quality of the system but also to help the system better integrate in the region and in an international context Breakthrough investment budget allocation for research to address the challenges 2. 3. Invest more on academic and research activities to build a stronger internal system and appropriate strategies for internationalization. It also requires well prepared in terms of human and financial resources. Internationalization is much more than international mobility and not limited to the exchange of students and staff. Curriculum internationalization should be strengthened. Academic independence/autonomy should be motivated to revise the syllabus timely and internationally Research become innovative and responsive to change to increase the performance of a complex research ecosystem for the country Better practices in the management and administrative system; Integrate Top down, bottom up process, and the diverse of collaboration of all university actors flat hierarchies Maximize all opportunities to develop international cooperations, especially the wonderful projects of Erasmus + 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.